Today's weigh in: 129
Feeling sore in muscles I didn't even know I had. I got that "Golds Gym Cardio Workout" for the Wii yesterday, thought it was fun, and played for probably a lot longer than I should have. Ow...
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Day 22
Today's weight: 130
Again. I'm feeling better than I did in the beginning, and while there's not a huge difference, I think I'm looking better too. So it wouldn't be a huge loss if I stayed where I am now. I just don't want to. And I don't know what I can be doing better. Stupid diets.
Again. I'm feeling better than I did in the beginning, and while there's not a huge difference, I think I'm looking better too. So it wouldn't be a huge loss if I stayed where I am now. I just don't want to. And I don't know what I can be doing better. Stupid diets.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Day 21
Today's weigh in: 129
Woot! I have lost a tiny bit of weight. Finally. If nothing else, I've noticed that I have a lot more energy, which is a great feeling. I'm just hoping the weight loss turns out to actually be possible. Come on, 128!
Woot! I have lost a tiny bit of weight. Finally. If nothing else, I've noticed that I have a lot more energy, which is a great feeling. I'm just hoping the weight loss turns out to actually be possible. Come on, 128!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Day 20
Today's weigh in: 130
So maybe the answer is to just stop eating entirely. I ordered another game for the Wii that focuses on cardio, because it's always nice to give myself another cardio option. Between running, walking the dog and biking I've managed to keep myself fairly well entertained. But everyone knows that anything is more fun when you're getting points for it. Not that it really matters, because I am never going to lose another pound. it's quite frustrating.
So maybe the answer is to just stop eating entirely. I ordered another game for the Wii that focuses on cardio, because it's always nice to give myself another cardio option. Between running, walking the dog and biking I've managed to keep myself fairly well entertained. But everyone knows that anything is more fun when you're getting points for it. Not that it really matters, because I am never going to lose another pound. it's quite frustrating.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Day 18
Today's weigh in: 130
Yeah, I'm pretty much never going to lose any more weight. I'm feeling pretty low about it. But at least I'm not gaining weight, which I know can be an issue if you're working out a lot, so I have that going for me. I'm going to tell myself that it's because muscles are developing, and soon I'll start losing weight again because muscles burn more calories than muscle. And I'm going to go on believing that even though I'm really not doing anything to develop actual muscles. So there.
Activity Log:
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- 1.5 miles walking shelter dogs
Food Log:
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 1.5 cup of strawberries
- 1 PB&J on wheat bread
- 1 serving of roast beef
- 1 dinner roll
- 1/2 cup of corn
Yeah, I'm pretty much never going to lose any more weight. I'm feeling pretty low about it. But at least I'm not gaining weight, which I know can be an issue if you're working out a lot, so I have that going for me. I'm going to tell myself that it's because muscles are developing, and soon I'll start losing weight again because muscles burn more calories than muscle. And I'm going to go on believing that even though I'm really not doing anything to develop actual muscles. So there.
Activity Log:
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- 1.5 miles walking shelter dogs
Food Log:
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 1.5 cup of strawberries
- 1 PB&J on wheat bread
- 1 serving of roast beef
- 1 dinner roll
- 1/2 cup of corn
Friday, April 17, 2009
Day 17
Today's weigh in: 131
I'm stopping the separate logs - it takes too much time, and I don't really have all that much to say. I'm feeling very much like I'm stuck in a rut and I'm not sure how to get out. This might just be my weight. I may not be able to go any further than this. Oh well - I'll stick with it and we'll see. It's not like it's exactly hurting me to be healthy all the time.
Activity Log:
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- Washed/Waxed car (I'm counting it because I'm sore all over now)
- Chased 3 separate dogs down the block 3 separate times (don't even ask)
Food Log:
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 3 slices of raisin toast
- 1/2 a grapefruit
- 1 piece of matzoh
- 2 chicken enchiladas
I'm stopping the separate logs - it takes too much time, and I don't really have all that much to say. I'm feeling very much like I'm stuck in a rut and I'm not sure how to get out. This might just be my weight. I may not be able to go any further than this. Oh well - I'll stick with it and we'll see. It's not like it's exactly hurting me to be healthy all the time.
Activity Log:
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- Washed/Waxed car (I'm counting it because I'm sore all over now)
- Chased 3 separate dogs down the block 3 separate times (don't even ask)
Food Log:
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 3 slices of raisin toast
- 1/2 a grapefruit
- 1 piece of matzoh
- 2 chicken enchiladas
Food Log 16
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 1 pop tart
- 2 pieces of raisin toast
- 1/2 cup of prunes
- 1/2 Matzoh PB&J
- 3 stuffed manicotti
- 1 small garden salad
- 2 cups of 7Up
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 1 pop tart
- 2 pieces of raisin toast
- 1/2 cup of prunes
- 1/2 Matzoh PB&J
- 3 stuffed manicotti
- 1 small garden salad
- 2 cups of 7Up
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Day 16
Today's weigh in: 130
So, Day 15 got lost in there. It was kind of a stressful day. It involved some eating of sugar cookies. That probably shouldn't happen again But then, today involved the drinking of soda and the eating of WAY too much manicotti, so apparently I'm just really slipping here. I'm just kind of frustrated in general. I'm tired of avoiding cookies already, and while I do enjoy the exercise - it gives me something to do with my day - I really don't know that I'm going to be able to lose any more weight. It's not coming off as quickly as it did in the beginning, which, I know, is normal, but it's no less frustrating. Is it wrong to want to look tan and thin and perfect for my graduation next month, and not to want to have to do a thing to get there? And in all honesty, I don't know what I good weight for me would even be. My youngest sister weighs 105 pounds. 105 pounds! What the hell? I keep coming back to that. She's only about an inch shorter than me, if that, and she may have a slightly smaller frame, but I honestly don't think she does. She just looks awesome. Not, like, scary, unhealthily thin or frail, just pretty much perfect. I don't want to get down to her weight - I do think that would be unhealthy for me, but I don't even know that I can get down to 120. I don't even know that I should. I don't know what I want. I just want to stop feeling so disgustingly fat all the time. I've lost 8 pounds. Shouldn't I feel better?
So, Day 15 got lost in there. It was kind of a stressful day. It involved some eating of sugar cookies. That probably shouldn't happen again But then, today involved the drinking of soda and the eating of WAY too much manicotti, so apparently I'm just really slipping here. I'm just kind of frustrated in general. I'm tired of avoiding cookies already, and while I do enjoy the exercise - it gives me something to do with my day - I really don't know that I'm going to be able to lose any more weight. It's not coming off as quickly as it did in the beginning, which, I know, is normal, but it's no less frustrating. Is it wrong to want to look tan and thin and perfect for my graduation next month, and not to want to have to do a thing to get there? And in all honesty, I don't know what I good weight for me would even be. My youngest sister weighs 105 pounds. 105 pounds! What the hell? I keep coming back to that. She's only about an inch shorter than me, if that, and she may have a slightly smaller frame, but I honestly don't think she does. She just looks awesome. Not, like, scary, unhealthily thin or frail, just pretty much perfect. I don't want to get down to her weight - I do think that would be unhealthy for me, but I don't even know that I can get down to 120. I don't even know that I should. I don't know what I want. I just want to stop feeling so disgustingly fat all the time. I've lost 8 pounds. Shouldn't I feel better?
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Food Log 14
I actually tried to count all my calories for the day. Several things were pretty much just wild guesses, and I'm definitely not going to make a habit of this calorie counting thing - god, what a hassle. But I think today was a relatively average day, and it came out to be roughly 1800 calories or so, so I think I'm probably doing okay.
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 pop tart (which, it turns out, does have trans fat. Lame.)
- 1/3 cup of dried apricots
- 5 celery sticks with peanut butter
- 1.5 cups of brown rice
- 1 Quesadilla with mozzarella
- 1 plain tortilla
- 1 cup of cottage cheese with jelly
- 1 garlic bread stick
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 pop tart (which, it turns out, does have trans fat. Lame.)
- 1/3 cup of dried apricots
- 5 celery sticks with peanut butter
- 1.5 cups of brown rice
- 1 Quesadilla with mozzarella
- 1 plain tortilla
- 1 cup of cottage cheese with jelly
- 1 garlic bread stick
Activity Log 14
Didn't do anything major today. I want to try to go for another bike ride tomorrow, but I'm not too sure the weather is going to cooperate, so I may have to put that off for later in the week. Also, I wasn't sure that the Wii Fit was actually doing anything for me anymore - I don't get sore after using it like I used to. So I spent the entire half hour doing the strength training exercises. We'll see if I feel any of it tomorrow.
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- 1.5 mile walk with the Fuzz Face
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- 1.5 mile walk with the Fuzz Face
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Day 14
Today's weight: 130
Today marks a very important occasion. My weight has dipped, ever so slightly, below the 130 pound mark. I NEVER, under ANY circumstances, want to weigh more than 130 pounds, ever again in my life. There is no reason for it, and there is no excuse for it. I am all grown up, with grown-up parts that are all fully matured, and I really should be able to keep my weight pretty stable from here on out. If I am moderately responsible, I should be able to keep myself below 130 for the rest of my life. There are exactly 10 pounds more to go before I hit my goal weight, but I am happy to have successfully reached the half way point.
so, the other day I was on www.mypyramid.gov, trying to figure out about how many calories a 5'5" 21-year-old female who gets between 30-60 minutes of moderate exercise a day should be eating. Apparently, the answer is about 2200. I read something somewhere that mentioned that if you wanted to actually lose weight, you should probably be eating about 500 FEWER calories on average than recommended. So today I took a stab at figuring out how many calories I had eaten to see if I was meeting the goal of taking in about 1700 calories. I think today was a pretty average food day - maybe I ate slightly more than usual, but not by much. There were a few food items that I had to make educated guesses for as far as total calorie count, but my best guess for the day came to around 1800 calories, give or take. Not bad, and definitely below my recommended calorie intake, but maybe I could cut back ever so slightly to maybe move the process along a little faster. But I certainly don't want to hurt myself, and I'm not going to just not eat if I'm hungry, so we'll see how it goes. I guess I'm just glad to see that I'm not exceeding my recommended calorie intake. I'm on the right track.
Today marks a very important occasion. My weight has dipped, ever so slightly, below the 130 pound mark. I NEVER, under ANY circumstances, want to weigh more than 130 pounds, ever again in my life. There is no reason for it, and there is no excuse for it. I am all grown up, with grown-up parts that are all fully matured, and I really should be able to keep my weight pretty stable from here on out. If I am moderately responsible, I should be able to keep myself below 130 for the rest of my life. There are exactly 10 pounds more to go before I hit my goal weight, but I am happy to have successfully reached the half way point.
so, the other day I was on www.mypyramid.gov, trying to figure out about how many calories a 5'5" 21-year-old female who gets between 30-60 minutes of moderate exercise a day should be eating. Apparently, the answer is about 2200. I read something somewhere that mentioned that if you wanted to actually lose weight, you should probably be eating about 500 FEWER calories on average than recommended. So today I took a stab at figuring out how many calories I had eaten to see if I was meeting the goal of taking in about 1700 calories. I think today was a pretty average food day - maybe I ate slightly more than usual, but not by much. There were a few food items that I had to make educated guesses for as far as total calorie count, but my best guess for the day came to around 1800 calories, give or take. Not bad, and definitely below my recommended calorie intake, but maybe I could cut back ever so slightly to maybe move the process along a little faster. But I certainly don't want to hurt myself, and I'm not going to just not eat if I'm hungry, so we'll see how it goes. I guess I'm just glad to see that I'm not exceeding my recommended calorie intake. I'm on the right track.
Food Log 13
I was doing so well today until I got this ridiculous craving for a snack of some kind around 11 at night. I wasn't even hungry, I just really needed to eat something. So I finally broke down and ate probably about 1/4 a cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips. They're probably not the worst thing I could have gotten, especially considering that my family ate all of the carrot snack packs that I bought for myself, but I should probably avoid them in the future.
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 1 hard boiled egg (which I just discovered are actually amazingly good for you. weird.)
- 1 blueberry yogurt
- 1/2 peanut butter and jelly sandwich on Matzoh
- 1 plate of pasta with meat sauce
- 1 small Popsicle
- 1 cup of herbal tea
- 1/4 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 1 hard boiled egg (which I just discovered are actually amazingly good for you. weird.)
- 1 blueberry yogurt
- 1/2 peanut butter and jelly sandwich on Matzoh
- 1 plate of pasta with meat sauce
- 1 small Popsicle
- 1 cup of herbal tea
- 1/4 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
Activity Log 13
Today was good in the exorcise department. I picked up a jump rope at Rite Aid the other day, which I finally started using. Also, I started out my cardio with a timed run, and ran a mile in 9 minutes and 53 seconds. It's definitely not my best, but I'm glad I was able to get it in under 10 minutes, and I'll try to improve from there.
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- 1.5 mile run / power walk
- 5 minutes jump rope (which is so much harder than it sounds!)
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- 1.5 mile run / power walk
- 5 minutes jump rope (which is so much harder than it sounds!)
Day 13
Today's weight: 131
Oddly enough, my weight didn't change even the slightest little bit between yesterday and today. While this is still the least I have weighed in a long time, I'm still hoping that I can get below this now that the Passover weight is gone. I don't know - we'll have to see how the next few days go. I'd be kind of sad if this was the furthest down I can reasonably get it. There are always unreasonable options, such as simply not eating anymore or running 15 miles every day, but I just really don't want to go there. And if I did, I'd just end up gaining it all back anyway.
But if I do have trouble losing more weight after this point, I may want to take another look at my eating habits. I don't think I need to do much more in the exercise department, but just keeping a log of what I eat isn't really the end-point in a diet. That was really just to help me keep track of where I could start to do better if I need to. Over the next few days I think I'm going to need to decide whether I need to make major changes to my eating habits.
Oddly enough, my weight didn't change even the slightest little bit between yesterday and today. While this is still the least I have weighed in a long time, I'm still hoping that I can get below this now that the Passover weight is gone. I don't know - we'll have to see how the next few days go. I'd be kind of sad if this was the furthest down I can reasonably get it. There are always unreasonable options, such as simply not eating anymore or running 15 miles every day, but I just really don't want to go there. And if I did, I'd just end up gaining it all back anyway.
But if I do have trouble losing more weight after this point, I may want to take another look at my eating habits. I don't think I need to do much more in the exercise department, but just keeping a log of what I eat isn't really the end-point in a diet. That was really just to help me keep track of where I could start to do better if I need to. Over the next few days I think I'm going to need to decide whether I need to make major changes to my eating habits.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Food Log 12
I kind of slipped with the sweets yesterday, but hey - it was Easter. Give me a break.
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 1/2 a turkey sandwich
- 1 chocolate chip cookie (and it was soooo good)
- 2 almond roccas
- 5 sticks of celery with peanut butter
- 1 hard boiled egg
- 1 cup of Earl Grey tea
- 1 bowl of Grapenut Flakes
- 1/2 a turkey sandwich
- 1 chocolate chip cookie (and it was soooo good)
- 2 almond roccas
- 5 sticks of celery with peanut butter
- 1 hard boiled egg
Activity Log 12
Nothing too drastic yesterday. I had part of my day taken up by going to see Avenue Q with some friends, and the rest of it taken up by family, so it was hard to get in even what I did manage.
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- 1.5 mile walk with the Fuzz Face
- 30 minutes Wii Fit
- 1.5 mile walk with the Fuzz Face
Day 12
Today's weigh in: 131
I completely forgot to blog yesterday, which isn't good, but I did exorcise and keep track of everything that I ate, so I'll just be filling out two entries today. Not the end of the world.
So, yesterday I finally took off the rest of the Passover weight, which is good, and I'm back down to where I was on Tuesday. Nothing all that drastic to report. I'm still mostly keeping with the diet (except for one cookie, which I think is okay. and feel good, so yay for me!
I completely forgot to blog yesterday, which isn't good, but I did exorcise and keep track of everything that I ate, so I'll just be filling out two entries today. Not the end of the world.
So, yesterday I finally took off the rest of the Passover weight, which is good, and I'm back down to where I was on Tuesday. Nothing all that drastic to report. I'm still mostly keeping with the diet (except for one cookie, which I think is okay. and feel good, so yay for me!
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